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oc With the talk of UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor saying he would beat the welterweight champion Robbie Lawler, fans are getting excited at the thought of the potential matchup. An edited animated GIF of Robbie Lawler’s fight with Matt Lindland back in 2010 in Strikeforce has been trending on the Internet. It displays Lawler...

It looks like UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor’s choice to give Nate Diaz their fight at welterweight may have been a planned tactic for a fight with UFC welterweight champion Robbie Lawler. “I mean, why not? That’s probably the leading option,” McGregor said during the open workouts on Wednesday (transcribed by MMA Fighting). “I like...

After it was announced that Nate Diaz would be stepping in for Rafael dos Anjos at UFC 196, the UFC held a ‘UFC 196: McGregor vs. Diaz’ press conference the very next day. McGregor and Diaz put on a verbal show for the fans as they talked trash for nearly 30 minutes straight! Over the...

Back in January at ‘UFC Fight Night: Dillashaw vs. Cruz’ Matt Mitrione suffered one of the most gruesome eye injuries in the history of MMA at the hands of Travis Browne. Mitrione was poked in the same eye twice by Browne, which subsequently lead to him being unable to see out of that eye. Due...

Jose Aldo may have lost his UFC featherweight championship to Conor McGregor at UFC 193 in just 13 seconds, however the former champ is certainly enjoying himself. Aldo made an appearance at a soccer game, where he scored a penalty kick in front of thousands of cheering fans! So far there has been no word...

Immediately after the open workouts for UFC 196, UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor took to the media to answer questions and didn’t disappoint. “The Notorious” had some whip in his comments, much the opposite of one of Nate Diaz’s recent interviews where he surprisingly gives McGregor praise. With the two very vocal fighters having had...

With one of the most anticipated fights of the year just a few days away, Nate Diaz talks about his outspoken opponent Conor McGregor ahead of their welterweight bout main event at UFC 196. UFC Tonight anchor Karyn Bryant spoke with Diaz who surprisingly had a lot of good things to say about “The Notorious”...

Leading up to UFC 196, Jon Anik stated that if Nate Diaz is able to upset Conor McGregor in the main event, he will get a “209” tattoo in honor of Stockton native Nate Diaz. Anik may be surprised however to know that Diaz wasn’t too fond of the comment, and took to Twitter to...

Miesha Tate wants to play spoiler this Saturday night at UFC 196 but still wants to see a Holm Rousey rematch. Holm’s kick heard around the world defeat of Rousey at UFC 193 in the 2nd round made Tate the top contender and Tate thinks it might have just been an off night for Rousey....

[ooyala code=”s2MjNpMTE6vz_BE_yl64rImMRCaQt0Bh” player_id=”bd214e34cfad476984102de4bf5e8da2″ width=”3840″ height=”2160″ auto=”true” autoplay=”true”] MMA fans are counting down the days until Conor McGregor and Nate Diaz step into the Octagon on March 5th in the main event of UFC 196. Leading up to the event, many fans are wondering how Conor McGregor will deal with the size of Nate Diaz given...

While Jon Jones is currently slated to fight Daniel Cormier in a highly anticipated rematch for the UFC light heavyweight championship at UFC 197 on April 23rd, ‘Bones’ recently stated that he actually has his eyes set on a rematch with Alexander Gustafsson. Jones and Gustafsson fought to a decision back at UFC 165. While...

By now the MMA world knows that Conor McGregor and Rafael dos Anjos won’t get to settle their beef on March 5th at UFC 196. A broken foot forced dos Anjos out of the bout, which lead to the UFC bringing Nate Diaz in as a fill-in opponent for Conor McGregor in the main event....

World famous food artist @DrDancake made @TheNotoriousMMA and @NateDiaz209 ENTIRELY OUT OF PANCAKES. 😱 @UFC #UFC196https://t.co/XFvSMEHFgh — FOX Sports: UFC (@UFCONFOX) March 2, 2016 With the days counting down to March 5th, where Conor McGregor will fight Nate Diaz in the main event of UFC 196, the anticipation for the event is building. McGregor and...

Fighting up a weight class or two seems impossible for most MMA fighters but not for Conor McGregor. It’s not that he wasn’t training for a fight, he was, but it was supposed to be a 155 lbs. title fight instead of 145 lbs. where he is the champ. With the 155 lbs. champ pulling...

UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor is all about that money and looking good comes with the part. The UFC released this video as part of a series called “Shit Conor McGregor Says.” This particular piece Conor talks about keeping his look classy and professional with his wardrobe. The UFC says in the video description: “UFC...

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Here is a classic clip from the past of a young Nate Diaz establishing himself in the UFC on The Ultimate Fighter series season five. At the time, Nate Diaz was still trying to make his way into the UFC by being a part of the show led by coaches BJ Penn and Jens Pulver....

Bellator MMA has just announced the signing of former UFC and PRIDE veteran Wanderlei Silva. The legendary fighter who announced his retirement after a lifetime ban from MMA after evading a random drug test has come out of retirement since being released by the UFC and a re-hearing with the Nevada Athletic Commission. Silva’s received...

The fight game is a business and UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor sees it as exactly that. As much as the outspoken and brash Irishman can talk his way into his opponent’s head, “The Notorious” is simply doing his job. McGregor had a moment to talk with Colin Cowherd on the fight business and his...

Making predications for upcoming fights is what Jon Anik does regularly adding to his commentating duties. With a Conor McGregor fight about to happen everybody is bringing their A game. Jon is no different. “I’m going to say it here for the masses to hear. I will get the area code ‘209’ tattooed on the...

UFC women’s bantamweight champion Holly Holm is set to defend her belt for the first time this Saturday against top contender Miesha Tate. In preparation for the title fight, Holm has been working with long-time coach Mike Winklejohn of the JacksonWink MMA Academy. Coach Wink was a guest on the MMA Hour this week and...

Conor McGregor fans will surely get a smile out of this video edit. Check out the new promotional video edit released by the UFC of the current featherweight champion Conor McGregor and him breaking out into laughter throughout his rise in the promotion. “The Notorious” is set to fight at 170-pounds in the welterweight division...

UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor is one of the most confident fighters to ever exist in the long history of combat sports. “Mystic Mac” believes he can defeat any man inside of the octagon no matter how much of a size advantage they may have on him. Esquire conducted an interview with the brash Irish...

The announcement of who’s name would be selected to step in on short notice to fight UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor was highly anticipated once it was known lightweight champion Rafael dos Anjos pulled out of the fight. Former lightweight champion Anthony Pettis put his name into the pot of opponents that the UFC was...

Back at ‘UFC Fight Night: Boston’ earlier this year, Matt Mitrione suffered one of the most gruesome eye injuries in the history of combat sports. According to Mitrione, the eye pokes left him unable to see out of the eye, which ultimately resulted in his orbital being cracked from a cross thrown by Browne. While...

Earlier this week Jon Jones took to Instagram to taunt his nemesis, UFC light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier. The pair are currently scheduled to fight at UFC 197 on April 24th, however the verbal battle started before the two men were ever scheduled to fight at UFC 178 last year. Cormier has since deleted the...

Former UFC title challenger Chael Sonnen may currently be retired from MMA, however Sonnen has continued to be an active figure in the MMA world through his podcast, as well as his analyst role with ESPN. Ahead of UFC 196, where Conor McGregor will fight Nate Diaz, and Holly Holm will fight Miesha Tate, Chael...

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